relative addressing

[tyb]

can some one plz help me that how to use the relative addressing in the forms/reports to make it possible the portability of the applications in the form of FMX/REP files.

 

[lewisp]

I dont understand your question. FMBs and RDFs are portable, FMX and REPs are not.

 

[tyb]

sorry for not being able to explain it.

the point is I develop a form on to my PC at some location let say " e:\myapp\forms\frm11.fmx" now in this form
i'm calling a new form on button press
call_form('e:\myapp\forms\newfrm.fmx');

if i want this all work to be coppied to some other PC, there may be only two drives (C & D)

now my call to the form
call_form('e:\myapp\forms\newfrm.fmx'); will generate error due to the location.


wat my question is that how can i call a form without mentioning the absolute path ie 'e:\myapp\forms\newfrm.fmx'

call_form('newfrm.fmx'); as being on the same drive

 

[sem]

You may set environment (registry) variables FORMSxx_PATH and REPORTSxx_PATH to list locations of your forms/reports and to be able to call them without specifying complete paths. xx stands for version, e.g. FORMS60_PATH, FORMS45_PATH etc.

Regards, Dima

http://seminihin.narod.ru

 

[tyb]

recently i've set an environment variable named

my_path = 'e:\myapp'

and i call the forms as

call_form('%my_path%\forms\F1');
the same way i specify an icon location
as %my_path%\icons\check.ico


but the problem is that at some locations its running well but at some other it would not.

 

[sem]

Your way is not portable and not supported by Oracle, and even if this doesn't disturb you, I'd still suggest you to use generic way.

Regards, Dima

http://seminihin.narod.ru

 

[tyb]

ok dima i'll do as u say, coz in my view both are the same with a little bit difference.

many thanks for all this support from u and as well for the responses from lewisp.

 

[sem]

The differnce is that your way works only occassionally (I may assume that it fails with paths containing blank spaces), environment variables are denoted differently in different OS's ($<name> on Unix), you still have to mention some name known only for you etc.

Regards, Dima

http://seminihin.narod.ru

 

[tyb]

i think u'r right i've little knowledge of computers (newbie).

many thanks for this great help.
take care
bye